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Getting to the desparate stage.........

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needsomesleepplease · 07/04/2009 23:13

Due next month and we cant come up with any Girls names that we really like. DD is caled Ciara so we want something along thoses lines no too traditional poss with a Irish / celtic connection. Names we have considered by are not jumping up and down over are...

lauren
megan

I also like Hannah and Freya but DH doesnt!!

Any suggestions welcome x

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snice · 07/04/2009 23:15

Orla
Sinead

Haribosmummy · 07/04/2009 23:16

One Irish name I love is Orla

Haribosmummy · 07/04/2009 23:17

Maeve might work too.

Isobel / Isabel

Niamh

shedragon · 07/04/2009 23:18

Alannah? Aoife? Niamh is nice. Doesn't scan with Ciara tho. With you DH on Hannah and Freya. Did you know Sorcha is the irish for both Hannah and Sarah?

Haribosmummy · 07/04/2009 23:19

Did you know lots of dogs are called Dorcha though?

it means dark / black in Gaelic.

always puts me off the name Sorcha.

Haribosmummy · 07/04/2009 23:20

Aoife... that's a lovely name.

shedragon · 07/04/2009 23:21

Not a fan of Sorcha myself. Kind of harsh sounding. Do know a Sorcha with the most amazing voice tho.

shedragon · 07/04/2009 23:23

Aoife IS nice. Short, pronouncible, would travel (not too many WHAT? SAY AGAIN? AND AGAIN?!), can't be shortened. Yip, ticks alot of boxes.

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needsomesleepplease · 07/04/2009 23:23

I like Aofie but it is the spelling and pronunciation that puts me off

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frisbyrat · 07/04/2009 23:24

Isn't Sorcha pronounced like Lloyd Grossman saying 'Sasha'? Seersha? That puts me right off that. Maeve is gorgeous, though. Very romantic!

Haribosmummy · 07/04/2009 23:27

Sorcha is pronounced Sor-a-ka (just as Dorcha is pronounced Dor-a-ka)

My sister is Lycia (Lee-sha) which is also an Irish name, but less common.

shedragon · 07/04/2009 23:29

Sorcha is Sorka (more or less). Maeve is grand, horribly common. What about Iseult? Not strictly Irish but very Celtic. Maud Gonne's daughter was caled Iseult.

SuziSeis · 07/04/2009 23:33

i know a Ciara with Orla sister

i like Maeve a LOT

brightwell1 · 08/04/2009 13:11

"......I like Aofie but it is the spelling and pronunciation that puts me off...."

Isn't that all there is to a name, spelling and pronunciation?

dottyaboutstripes · 08/04/2009 13:14

I also love Orla....gorgeous!

BlueChampagne · 08/04/2009 13:15

More Scottish than Irish, but Celtic at least:
Fiona, Iona

or
Sian, Sinead or Siobhan - more well known so less likely to have spelling and pronounciation issues?

BlueChampagne · 08/04/2009 13:15

More Scottish than Irish, but Celtic at least:
Fiona, Iona

or
Sian, Sinead or Siobhan - more well known so less likely to have spelling and pronounciation issues?

Nancy66 · 08/04/2009 13:26

why are you getting desperate - i don't think you need to have a name in place before the baby is born.

BlueChampagne · 08/04/2009 15:07

Oops - double post - sorry. Fionnuala or Nuala?

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needsomesleepplease · 08/04/2009 21:30

Nancy we are getting desperate as we have been thinking about it for months and cant come up with anything - so really dont want to wait till baby is born and it ends up with a name that we dont like or are not sure of. Also we are in Scotland so only have 21 days to register.

Dotty - i quiet like Orla but another family member has already said she will be calling her daughter that.

DH likes Sinead, but not sure!

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traceybath · 08/04/2009 21:32

Ooh someone mentioned maud - thats a fab name.

TOK · 08/04/2009 21:38

If you like Aoife, but not the spelling, what about Eva? Aine is a nice one too. Triona is another nice one (taken from Catriona). Good luck choosing!

hedgiemum · 09/04/2009 00:30

How about Ishbel - beautiful and unusual form of Isabel, imo. DH (who is Irish) has a cousin with a DD named that.

Other ideas; Erin, Roisin.

I thought about Aoife for DD1 but when I wrote it down for my (dyslexic) dad and asked how he would pronounce it, he said "Oaf-ee" so I went off it!

YesSirICanBoogie · 09/04/2009 11:13

What about Niamh or Erin?

BlueChampagne · 09/04/2009 12:10

A few more:

Aileen
Ailsa
Deirdre
Erin
Kathleen